This blood-spot Vitamin D Test measures the amount of this important nutrient in your blood. Instead of an expensive blood draw use just a few drops of blood on your finger, send the kit back to the lab to evaluate your levels of Vitamin D and find out your results a week after sending your kit back.
The PDF report will be emailed to you 2 to 4 weeks after mailing your kit back in the mail.
This At-Home Test Uses the Gold Standard LC-MS/MS Method
The Vitamin D test measures the amount of total Vitamin D in your blood (equivalent to 25-hydroxyvitamin D2 and D3 in plasma) using the gold standard LC-MS/MS method. A desirable Vitamin D blood level range is 30-50 ng/mL.
Why Vitamin D is Important for Your Health
As part of a healthy lifestyle, maintaining , cell, immune and heart health. Once you know your Vitamin D levels, you can better understand how your lifestyle (sun exposure, diet and your habits and status.
Vitamin D, like all nutrients, is essential for life. Our bodies need it from our environment (sunlight and food in this case) to function. It also plays an important role in building and maintaining strong bones. But that’s not all. Every cell in our body has receptors for vitamin D, meaning it can affect virtually everything that happens inside our cells. Research shows that people with higher blood levels of vitamin D live better for longer, with immune and cardiovascular systems that function better.